Our recruiting class is not as far back as our East rivals as some say.

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mkil5

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First of all, let me say that I am not huge on recruiting rankings, but I will admit, that the chance a 5* becomes a star is a lot better than a 3* becoming a star.

A lot of people have been saying that we have been going for quality over quantity, which is true, but Georgia has 18 signees, ranked 9th; Florida has 16 signees, ranked 10th; We have the most at 19 and ranked just 17th.

The average star ranking, which is what a lot of people go with by quality of the class is also the lowest at 3.53, Georgia is 3.83, and Florida at 3.94.

However, I believe that there is one stat that has been overlooked with Rivals. Would someone argue that there is a huge difference between someone that has a 5.9 RR and a 5.8 RR? I don't believe that there would be much arguing. How about a 5.8 RR and a 5.7 RR? There is a ton of arguing over the differences between these two, the reason: that is the difference between a 3* and a 4*. A 5.7 is very close to being a 4 star, and by some "scout's" judgment they are a 3 star, and vise versa.

Here is a look at the 5.7 and 5.8 players signed:
Florida - 16
5.7 3* - 2
5.8 4* - 5

Georgia - 18
5.7 3* - 4
5.8 4* - 6

Tennessee - 19
5.7 3* - 6
5.8 4* - 2

Tennessee signed the high 3* guys while the others signed the low 4* guys. While this is not a big difference at all, sometimes determined if Ohio State or Texas or whoever offered. All it does is make a huge difference in the recruiting rankings that everyone goes crazy over, which are absolutely pointless.

Now do I think that we signed a better class than those two? Not really, no, especially since it looks like UGA still has Charles on the way and we did not get the OL and DT like I was hoping. But it is a much better class than many are giving it credit for. And I thought I would share some pointless info I came up with earlier today.

Bash away!
 
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mkil5 said:
First of all, let me say that I am not huge on recruiting rankings, but I will admit, that the chance a 5* becomes a star is a lot better than a 3* becoming a star.

A lot of people have been saying that we have been going for quality over quantity, which is true, but Georgia has 18 signees, ranked 9th; Florida has 16 signees, ranked 10th; We have the most at 19 and ranked just 17th.

The average star ranking, which is what a lot of people go with by quality of the class is also the lowest at 3.53, Georgia is 3.83, and Florida at 3.94.

However, I believe that there is one stat that has been overlooked with Rivals. Would someone argue that there is a huge difference between someone that has a 5.9 RR and a 5.8 RR? I don't believe that there would be much arguing. How about a 5.8 RR and a 5.7 RR? There is a ton of arguing over the differences between these two, the reason: that is the difference between a 3* and a 4*. A 5.7 is very close to being a 4 star, and by some "scout's" judgment they are a 3 star, and vise versa.

Here is a look at the 5.7 and 5.8 players signed:
Florida - 16
5.7 3* - 2
5.8 4* - 5

Georgia - 18
5.7 3* - 4
5.8 4* - 6

Tennessee - 19
5.7 3* - 6
5.8 4* - 2

Tennessee signed the high 3* guys while the others signed the low 4* guys. While this is not a big difference at all, sometimes determined if Ohio State or Texas or whoever offered. All it does is make a huge difference in the recruiting rankings that everyone goes crazy over, which are absolutely pointless.

Now do I think that we signed a better class than those two? Not really, no, especially since it looks like UGA still has Charles on the way and we did not get the OL and DT like I was hoping. But it is a much better class than many are giving it credit for. And I thought I would share some pointless info I came up with earlier today.

Bash away!
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Thats deep haha :question:
 
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#3
this is getting old. GA and FL were going to do well regardless. it's called relationships. they had 'em, we didn't. let's talk about this next Feb, and take stockk then.

hell, it's still a top 20 class for a group that had less than 3 months to put it together.

it's just not that bad.
 
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jakez4ut said:
this is getting old. GA and FL were going to do well regardless. it's called relationships. they had 'em, we didn't. let's talk about this next Feb, and take stockk then.

hell, it's still a top 20 class for a group that had less than 3 months to put it together.

it's just not that bad.
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Exactly what I was trying to say. A select few just wanted to keep on bashing no matter what, so I just took some stats from there.
 
#5
#5
Don't get too hung up on these numbers because its a question of bringing in the right guys at the right time to fill the right need much more than it is a question of average stars or total number of recruits.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Don't get too hung up on these numbers because its a question of bringing in the right guys at the right time to fill the right need much more than it is a question of average stars or total number of recruits.
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Which is exactly why I think the UF and UGA have a better class than us this year.
 
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It is still a good class,let's give these guys a chance to evaluate what we already have make them better and have a whole year of rec next year. They haven't even had time to unpack beacause of the effort they put in, and there are people on here already bashing away . Lighten up and let's give them a chance to do the job they were hired to do. there is enough talent on this team that put with some good coaches could be pretty good.
 
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#11
Im just hurt that you didnt consider USCe your east rival. whaaaaaah. By the way, we were ranked 12 by rivals. BAM. Wake up. Recruiting matters.
 
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GAMECOCK said:
Im just hurt that you didnt consider USCe your east rival. whaaaaaah. By the way, we were ranked 12 by rivals. BAM. Wake up. Recruiting matters.
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BAM?

Even Spurrier couldn't improve your team. We're not USCjr, we won't settle for mediocrity any longer.
 
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#16
USCjr has 4 straight top 25 classes to work with, including a top 6, and the best you can say you've accomplished is an incredible bowl win over Houston. Congrats!!
 
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